Twenty
Written by Debra Landwehr Engle
Narrated by Kate Forbes
4/5
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About this audiobook
Debra Landwehr Engle
Debra Landwehr Engle is co-founder of a women’s program of personal and spiritual growth and teaches classes in A Course in Miracles. She is the author of Grace from the Garden: Changing the World One Garden at a Time and has contributed essays to international collections, including The Art of Living: A Practical Guide to Being Alive. Widely traveled as a speaker and workshop facilitator, she lives with her husband Bob in Madison County, Iowa, home of the famed covered bridges. You can visit her at www.debraengle.com.
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Reviews for Twenty
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent, excellent, excellent!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An uninteresting woman who is fed up with everything obtains a mysterious drug that will shuffle her off this mortal coil in twenty days. The narrative takes the reader through each of those days, in excruciating detail, as the woman (predictably) discovers that she loves life more than she thought she did. Much like the better-known works of Elizabeth Berg, this novel has a few good moments, but for the most part it felt saccharine and padded, even though it was it was short. Recommended for women’s fiction fans only.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I found this compelling until the last couple chapters when for me, a turn in the story hit a false note and after so much build up, the ending came up disappointingly short. Losses and loneliness have taken such a toll on fifty-five year old Meg that she takes a pill intended to peacefully end her life in twenty days. With the focus on a woman counting down to her suicide, despite hopeful, life-affirming moments throughout the story (that help this not be a total downer), obviously there is still an emotional heaviness to this on nearly every page, a weight every reader should probably take into consideration before opening the book. The emotion is well-written, it had me teary on a number of occasions, there’s a palpable ache to many of the scenes though most especially those involving Meg’s mother and daughter. As for that false note I mentioned, sorry if this next paragraph is too vague to be understood but I’m trying to avoid spoilers and on the flip-side, sorry if this isn’t vague enough and feels like a spoiler. Someone learns something at a certain point in the book and their response to this information, or rather how very little they respond to it seemed odd. It’s hard to believe anyone would be so calmly accepting in such a situation, that they would be so passive and sleep seemingly soundly afterward. Pretty sure under those circumstances I wouldn’t sleep at all. It just seemed so strange. Then there’s the ending. While there are certain books, like slice of life stories where I would be perfectly content with this type of ending, in this instance, to me, the plot required more, with the twenty day countdown and the increasing sense of urgency that brought with it, to have it end in this manner kind of felt like a cop out, and most definitely unsatisfying. I received this ARC through a giveaway.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Some readers will be able to relate with the book 'Twenty', some will find it frustrating, and others may feel it is incredible.. bur all will be curious and captivated by it, throughout the story!This is a very well-written book which keeps the reader guessing. It will stir up several emotions. Even when it gets frustrating, curiosity will keep the reader reading.This is a book many of us, who has experienced, loss, loneliness, and a feeling of void in one's life, will easily relate to. The way she deals with it will be determined by the reader is wise or unwise.The characters are very realistic and are endearing. The scenes are easily visualized.The Tile becomes very apparent part way through the book and is very fitting. The cober image is also eye-catching and fitting.This was gifted me, no promise of a positive review. This is my honest review.